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TIL you should never defragment a solid-state drive (SSD)

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woy5W TIL that in August 1996 around 80 members of the film crew for the movie Titanic, including Director James Cameron, ate lobster chowder on set that was spiked with the drug PCP. A suspect was never identified and the case was later closed in February 1999.
neGeY TIL that Jimi Hendrix played guitar for Little Richard
6EQ8w TIL Old Linde brand gas cylinders sometimes have a 'window' shape stamped on them. They were captured from Nazi Germany and the swastika symbol was re-stamped with a square, making the window
kRL7 TIL Fabric softeners work by coating the fibres of your clothes in a layer of fat.
ZYWR TIL that echolalia is the involuntary urge to imitate what someone else just said, the exact same way they just said it.